CITIZEN ACTION 591 



the church has a concern for the choices which man makes in the 

 use of these resources. 



4. That as the war on poverty proceeds to enfranchise multitudes 

 of our fellow citizens economically the church has the mission to 

 shape its programs to the demands of the times to develop souls 

 which are strong in their power to guide men's lives. 



To this end the National Council of Churches through these 

 programs reaffirms action objectives : 



1. To carry forward and enlarge its ministry to the thousands of 

 our citizens who visit our national parks and recreation areas. Some 

 225 pastors from 24 different denominations already are being 

 assigned to duty in national parks and recreation areas for the sum- 

 mer of 1965. Over 1,600 trained church leaders in communities all 

 over the United States have served in this capacity since 1952. 



2. To work with church groups of all denominations at local, 

 State, and national levels to carry the ministry to all points where 

 our mobile people sojourn in leisure to respond as a part of nature. 



3. To hold regional conferences for church leaders throughout 

 our land to inform the leadership of the church and mobilize its 

 resources in every neighborhood of our land. 



4. To encourage the members of the church to participate in com- 

 munity action groups for the "new conservation" at national, 

 regional and community levels. 



5. To cooperate with bureaus of church building and architecture 

 to stimulate creative forms of church architecture including the beau- 

 tification of church landscape and the cleanup of church properties 

 and cemeteries, and to encourage basic research along these lines. 



6. To shape by imaginative innovation, patterns of the Christian 

 ministry and education which will unite men with God as man 

 restores natural beauty to the purity of God's creation. 



Mrs. GEORGE P. WILLIAMSON. The Biennial Convention of the 

 League of Women Voters of Vermont adopted a project, "meas- 

 ures to protect Vermont's scenic and natural resources, while devel- 

 oping its economic potential." As chairman of the project, I 

 propose to break down League activity in this field into the 

 following areas of study. 



1. Lake Champlain Committee (to cooperate with INCO- 

 CHAMP). 



2. Connecticut River Basin Committee (to cooperate with Con- 

 necticut River Watershed Council, Upper Connecticut Valley and 



